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Iran Arrests Kurds Protesting Turkish Operation In Syria

March 14, 2018 Human rights, Social and Political

Radioofarda – Eleven Kurdish rights activists, including outspoken journalist, Adnan Hassanpour, have been arrested in Marivan, Kurdistan province, western Iran, Kurdish media reported on Tuesday, March 13.

Meanwhile, Kurdistan Press Agency (Kurdpa) said, nine of the detainees were identified, so far. All of the activists from Marivan were detained by the Islamic Republic’s intelligence agents and plainclothesmen on Monday evening.

Furthermore, a Kurdish human rights organization, Hengaw, has announced that two women from Marivan are also among the detainees, but their identities are not known, yet.

All the detainees were reportedly accused of participation in a rally for supporting the city of Afrin and its residents in Syria, currently surrounded by Turkish military units.

Turkey’s military operation aimed at driving the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia out of Afrin began on January 20.

Kurdpa has named the identified detainees as Adnan Hassanpour, Arman Ghafouri, Mohammad Danesh, Diyar Yazdani, Ahmad Iranpanah, Hiwa Fedayee, Moslem Hesami, Nasseh Bakhshi and Faramarz Mohammadi.

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